Thanks to all our loyal customers, both longtime and more recent, who came out last weekend, took a wagon ride, picked apples, picked pumpkins, and shopped at the farmstand. We hope you had a great time, and we look forward to hearing what you are going to do with your apples, whether it’s baking them, …
Category Archives: Tractor
Long Island potatoes
Our neighbor David Steele harvesting potatoes to the west of us. Long Island potatoes have a distinctive buttery, nutty flavor that is different from that of potatoes grown in other parts of the country.
John Ross
Who better to tour our cider press with than our longtime friend and customer, the well-known chef John Ross. John Ross is a pioneer in using fresh, local produce to showcase the unique flavors that the climate and geography of the East End make possible. We at Wickham’s Fruit Farm take our hat off to …
Autumn offerings
Our autumn offerings at Wickham’s include our traditional cold-press apple cider, apple turnovers, pies, jams, apple cider donuts, pumpkins, pears, pick-your-own apples, wagon rides, and the ability to experience the landscape of a traditional North Fork working farm, not virtually, but live, in person… the real thing.
We conserve resources
By planting a special kind of grass in the orchard between the rows of fruit trees, we conserve resources in several ways. We help prevent the soil from eroding, we establish a less-hospitable environment for insect pests, and we enable fewer passes to be made per year through the orchard with mowing equipment.
Pick-your-own apples continues
Wagon rides start this Saturday September 9. We are closed Sundays. Please call ahead for availability at 631-734-6441.
Pay it forward
A rich tapestry of green at the end of the field, as we incorporate organic matter from this season’s sorghum-sudangrass crop into the soil to pay it forward for seasons to come.
Discing
Discing, with the plow tractor working in the background.
Plowing
Doing some plowing on a late summer day.
Crop rotation
July 20· Test-driving this tillage implement on a field where we are rotating out dwarf cherries for a different crop next year. Crop rotation is a practice we have engaged in for many years, which benefits the soil.